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While on the subject of British radio, about a year ago, the radio station Jazz FM was establishd in London, purportedly to play Jazz morning, noon, and night.
Etymologies in the OED, The Random House Unabridged , and Kluge's Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache have cognates of balagan/balcony popping up in Slovene ( blazina ), Greek, and most significantly in Lithuanian ( balǽienas ), purportedly the most conservative of the Indo-European languages.
His new book (published by, naturally, the Templeton Foundation--a true vanity press) is Worldwide Laws of Life . As ambitious as its title, it lists 200 "eternal" spiritual/ethical laws that purportedly apply to all people, in all times, in all places.
Most unnecessary photo: A tie between the Globe 's full-page shot of John receiving what is said to be his last communion and the Star 's grainy frame-grab purportedly showing the Today show's Katie Couric "breaking down" while reporting from Hyannis Port, Mass.
Bin Ladin purportedly inherited approximately $300 million when his father died, and was rumored to have had access to these funds to wage jihad while in Sudan and Afghanistan and to secure his leadership position in al Qaeda.